Whenever necessary we work with PwC UK and other member firms in the PwC global network, to provide creative solutions for disposals, fund raising, IPOs, private equity and M&A deals, as well as project finance; Public Private Partnerships. We also deliver expert valuation and rigorous financial, economic and strategic advice on your business, brand, products, services, customers and markets.

We are able to draw upon the expertise held by due diligence and tax specialists in the PwC global network of firms and offer integrated solutions based on extensive industry and market knowledge.

Our corporate finance services

M&A advisory

When organic growth does not satisfy the needs of your stakeholders, or you would like to dispose of non-core assets, PwC's corporate finance team can help. Our corporate finance experts can help you access new markets, assets, technologies, personnel, intellectual property and sources of finance. We can also help you to restructure the asset base of your business by disposing of underperforming assets or non-core parts of the business.

Working with specialists in PwC UK, we provide a full range of M&A and financial advisory services across all industry sectors, from acquisitions through to raising finance. Wherever you are in the world, PwC can deploy local teams at short notice - teams that combine our deep industry expertise with local knowledge to focus on your deal. For every deal we are able to draw on the full range of PwC services - including due diligence, tax and legal advice.

Potential issues

You want rapid access to new markets, assets, technologies, personnel, intellectual property and sources of finance

You want to restructure the asset base of businesses by disposing of underperforming assets / parts of the business

You want to realise the value of your business

You want to raise money for expansion

You want help with setting direction and business planning, which may result in an M&A transaction

How we can support you

Expert advice throughout the transaction

Proven ability to help you to find the right buyer for your business, or help you to identify the right acquisition target to fit with your strategic ambition

Benefit of access to specialists in the rules and regulations governing publicly listed companies

National and international network of practitioners with local knowledge

Private equity advisory

For corporates and management teams wanting to invest in or take control of their organisations, and private equity houses looking for the right investment for their funds, PwC provides advice and execution expertise on private equity transactions.

We are one of the leading European private equity advisers with strong relationships with all major equity houses.

Potential issues

Private equity houses looking to invest or divest

Management teams looking for advice on investing in/gaining ownership of their company

IPOs

For organisations looking to raise capital for expansion and growth via the public markets, PwC provides advice on Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and finance raising. By acting as a sponsor alongside your broker, we provide advice on markets/exchanges, regulatory authorities and issues and managing other advisers.

PwC also acts as an independent financial adviser, free of any inherent or perceived conflicts of interest, when investment banks have been appointed as sponsors and are seeking to provide further integrated services (e.g. underwriting services). In such circumstances, we provide advice on the above matters independent of the appointed sponsor or broker.

Potential issues

You are looking to float on the London Stock Exchange or the Alternative Investment Market

You would like to raise money via a rights issue or placing

You are looking to restructure your financing/balance of debt to equity

How we can support you

Expert advice and experience

Benefit of access to specialists in the rules and regulations governing public listed companies on all major stock exchanges

Deep industry knowledge across the full range of industry sectors

National and international network of practitioners with local knowledge

Project Finance & Public Private Partnerships

Delivering value at the public/private interface.

It's our job to understand, advise on and solve the complexities involved in transactions, financing and policy at the interface between the public and private sectors. Whether it's raising funding for infrastructure projects or procuring private sector partners for our public sector clients, we deliver solutions that fund new roads, upgrade housing, build schools, modernise hospitals, improve rail services, and regenerate communities. With an extensive track record spanning more than a decade of providing authoritative, innovative advice on a wide range of transactions worldwide, our global experience and local knowledge enable us to deliver the integrated strategies and services our clients require.

We work with governments, shaping their policy, developing frameworks and helping them to implement PPPs, industry by industry. We reconcile investors' need for profit with the requirements of Government for political and financial transparency. As an independent adviser, we engineer a truly competitive bidding process. And when advising private sector bidders, we help them to develop structures that allow them to access local and international funds.

Potential issues

Public sector clients engage us

To accelerate the delivery of public sector and infrastructure services

To advise on the strategy for involving the private sector in delivering public services

To fund additional necessary infrastructure investment, bearing in mind the need to control public sector borrowing and Maastricht criteria

To transfer appropriate risk to the private sector and to improve innovation and economic efficiency

To achieve competitive value for money procurements

Private sector clients engage us

For our knowledge of the public sector and its procurement processes

To bring together project partners and structure consortia

To arrange competitive financing and financing structures

To manage tax and accounting aspects of procurements

How we can support you

A highly experienced team with specialist industry knowledge provides independent and objective financial and transaction advice

Leading-edge knowledge of debt and equity markets and structures enables us to develop innovative financing structures that deliver robust and efficient project solutions

Providing the necessary resources to complete complex transactions

PwC services

Our service offering includes:

Transaction advice to the public & private sector on PPPs and PFI

Scoping and developing the project and the implementation of the procurement process

Structuring the deal and arranging finance for the private sector

Negotiating through to financial close

Assisting partnership management post contract award

Post-transaction services

Project Finance – long-term funding for infrastructure development

Public sector policy and strategy advice

Corporate financing services and debt advice

Regional development and grants advice

Outsourcing advice

Public to private

For companies that feel undervalued by public markets, PwC provides advice and execution expertise on public to private transactions and de-listings. We advise throughout the transaction and project manage other advisers.

We are the leading corporate finance adviser on UK public to private transactions having advised on more P-to-Ps than any other adviser. PwC provides the full range of services necessary to complete a deal, including strategic advice, taxation advice, pensions advice, legal advice, regulatory compliance and due diligence.

Potential issues

Your company is undervalued by the stock markets

Your listing does not provide any tangible benefits

You are considering 'going private'

How we can support you

Expert advice and experience of the leading Public-to-Private adviser

Strong relationships with private equity houses and other sources of finance

Benefit of access to specialists in the rules and regulations governing public listed companies and de-listing

Valuations

Value is high on every corpate agenda. It could be in a business, a brand or a bonus plan; about investment, impairment or intangibles; needed for a takeover, transfer pricing or tax assessment. Valuation can be controversial and subjective so you need an independent opinion which will stand up to scrutiny.

Every valuation includes a figure. But a figure on its own may not tell the whole story or take the decision for you. Valuation isn't valuation without expert analysis and understanding of the facts behind the figures.

Every day, businesses turn to PwC for robust business valuation advice covering all the angles. As you would expect from PwC, what we provide is an informed, expert judgement backed by deep industry knowledge.

Are you weighing up an investment opportunity? Looking to agree a valuation with tax authorities? Or seeking a valuation for accounting purposes? Whatever the issue, we'll add our judgement to yours, to help you take the right decisions.

Potential issues

You are planning on conducting a merger, an acquisition or re-structuring the organisation

You want to transfer assets within the organisation and need to understand the value

You have a dispute and need to negotiate with HM Revenue & Customs to maximise tax benefits

You have insufficient in-house valuation expertise or resources

How we can support you

Evaluating major investment decisions to improve business value

Maximising tax benefits

Delivering rigorous financial, economic and strategic advice to improve the value of the organisationProviding expert valuation opinion and reports from industry specialists for disputes and arbitration

We have extensive experience of addressing valuation issues such as impairment reviews under UK GAAP, US GAAP and IFRS